Ear guard



March 10. 1925. r

1,529,082 H. OSMUN ET AL I,

EAR GUARD Filed oc 2 1924,

Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES HARRIET OSMUN AND CLYDE N. GATES, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

EAR GUARD.

Application filed October 2, 1924. Serial No. 741,185.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRIET OSMUN and CLYDE N. GATEs, citizens of the United States, residing at Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Far Guards, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an ear guard to be used in barbering operations as a protector to the ear.

It is particularly applicable for use in cutting or bobbing the hair of women. It is noticeable that women and girls when having their hair cut or bobbed are afraid that their ears will be pinched or cut in the operation, and frequently make a sudden movement which does sometimes cause a skilled barber to cut them with the scissors.

Our ear guard is not intended as a device to allow careless barbering, altho it forms an effective protector in that the ear can not be out. It gives confidence to the customers so that they will remain quiet.

Specifically our invention is a shield which hooks over the upper lobe of the ear and hangs below the lower lobe. he guard is of oval shape and sufficiently deep that the car will be accommodated therein.

Our invention is disclosed in the accompanying specification and drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a womans head with the ear guard in place underneath her hair.

Fig. 2 is a view of the ear, the ear guard, and the guard in place over the ear.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the guard.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a modification in which the shield encases the whole of the ear.

The guard 1 comprises a shield 2 which is of oval formation, as viewed from the side, and has a curved rim 3 extending inwardly at 4 to a beading at 5. This leaves a bowl-shaped chamber 6. We prefer to make the guard symmetrical instead of shaping it to the ear. Thereby it will be unnecessary to make the device in lefts and rights. At the upper part of the ear guard a loop 7 is attached to the back of the shield by means of beading 8. The shield is preferably made of thin sheet metal and the loop 7 of metal, so that the device will be smooth, light weight and sanitary. The front and side portions, as well as the beading, meet with easy curves so that the de vice may be readily washed and thereby so kept clean.

On the face of the shield a scale 9 is marked to indicate to the barber if he has cut the hair to the same length at both sides of the persons head.

In Fig. 5 the guard 10 is formed with an outer face 11, an upper hooked portion 12, and a lower curved part 13. This guard is of substantially the same shape in side view as that illustrated in the other figures. Thus a bowl-shaped chamber 14 is formed in which the whole ear is protected. hi this modification it is unnecessary to use the loop 7 as the inner edge 15 forms an effective hook over the ear.

The utility of our ear guard is obvious. As shown in Fig. 2, the guard is placed over the ear with the loop 7 engaging the upper lobe, thus completely covering the lower portion of the car. As shown in Fig. 1, the hair is brushed over the guard and then cut, and, as will be seen, effectively prevents any cutting of the ear.

The function of the scale marked on the guard is also indicated in this figure.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

lVe claim:

1. An ear guard for barbering purposes impervious to barbering instruments of substantiallv oval sha e, curved edges extendin back from the face thereof, heading on the inner edge of said curved edges, the whole forming a bowl-shaped chamber adapted to loop over a persons ear and form a protector against a sharp instrument, and a scale marked on said guard.

2. An ear guard for barbs-ring purposes impervious to barbering instruments of sub stantially oval shape, curved edges extend.- ing back from the face thereof, the whole forming a bowl-shaped chamber adapted to loop over a ersons ear and form a protector against a sharp instrument.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

HA RTN'ET OSMUN. CLYDE N. GATES. 

